Achieving Goals
Course Code: EI42022
Do you wish you could set goals and achieve them with great clarity? This course is designed to help you achieve and set realistic goals through the understanding of decisive action, power of words, SMART methods, and philosophic thinking.
This is a course that will take you about 40-50 hours to complete, should you engage with all the materials fully.
No particular background or training is needed prior to taking this course.
We do recommend students keep a journal to make reflections, whilst undertaking this course.
Define your goals with clarity
Confidently weigh up options for effective decision-making
Unlock hidden creativity and inquisitive thinking
Turn 'whimiscal dreams' into reality
Grow your self-awareness and reflective abilities
5 engaging chapters to expand your knowledge of goal-setting and gain confidence asserting yourself.
What you'll be learning...
About the Course
Learning Objectives
Meet Course Contributors
Therapeutic Disclaimer
Learn how to use your student dashboard
References entire course
Empowered Words
Appendix A: Icons for Learning
Appendix B1: Accessibility Support
Appendix B2: Accessibility for Wellness
Appendix C: Feeling Words
Reaching Up for Success!
What do you want?
Felt Sense or Logic? (Activity)
The Decision Making Process
Advantages and Disadvantages
Cost-Benefit Analysis (Activity)
Principles of Pareto
Learn the 80/20 Rule (Video Activity)
Making this fun!
Pareto Principle (Activity)
Takehome Message for Chapter 1
Communication and Expression
Words & Feelings (Activity)
A Way with Words...
Direct Communication (Text & Activity)
Pep Talks (Activity)
Why Pep Talks?
Talking to Myself? (Text and Activity)
Negative and Positive Language
My New Words (Activity)
Zen Shorts (Activity)
Imagine the Difference (Activity)
Strong & Mild Reactions (Activity)
How Your Brain Works with Words
I HATE Chocolate!
Renewed Language (Activity)
How to Maintain your Renewed Language
Takehome Message for Chapter 2
An Organized Future
Why Set Goals? A Neurodivergent Perspective (Text and Activity)
Being a real SMARTIE
Imagining the Questions and Answers
A Smart Foundation (Activity)
Write it; Don't Think it!
What does SMART mean?
Getting SMART (Activity)
Examples of SMART in Action
Takehome Message for Chapter 3
Dreams? Goals? Wishes?
Setbacks and Realistic Dreams
My Dream Is... (Activity)
A Dream made Real
A Dream Made Real (Activity)
Faith to Achieve
The Ultimate Goal (Activity)
Barriers to Goal Setting
Breaking Through Barriers (Video Activity)
Nature and Reflexivity (Activity)
Routines, Habits & Small Steps
One Small Step (Activity)
Takehome Message for Chapter 4
But "Why"?
10 Questions (Activity)
What is a Question?
Self-Questioning
Unresolved Questions (Activity)
The Unexamined Life
A Study of 'Me' (Activity)
Takehome Message for Chapter 5
Final Quiz: Check Your Knowledge
Final Takehome Message
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